Unit: Wellness Lesson Title: Introduction to Wellness & Longevity Essential Question:

• Can you explain the difference between the terms “health” and“wellness”?

• Can you list several risk factors that negatively affect your health?• Can you list several behaviors that contribute to good health? Can

you list controllable and uncontrollable risk factors that maycontribute to disease?

Technology Integration

Prezi, PowerPoint, Internet Research, Use of Microsoft Products to Create Poster

Standards:

Standards HE.7-8., HE.7-8., HE.7-8., HE.7-8.2.2.8.B.3, HE.7-8., HE.7-8., HE.7-8., HE.7-8.2.1.8.A.1, HE.7-8.2.1.8.A.2, HE.7-8.2.1.8.A.3

Daily Teaching / Learning Strategies Brainstorming Cooperative Learning Drawing/Artwork

Differentiation of Instruction Personal agendas Project-based learning

Evaluations Group Work Individual Practice One Minute Essay Oral Questioning Oral responses Performance Assessments Projects Quiz Quiz / test

Self-Assessment Think-Pair-Share Resources & Technology Internet Resources Printed Media Television

Goals/Objectives:

• Students will recognize how controllable and uncontrollable risk factors risk factors affect their health. Students will be able to define “health and “wellness” and identify examples of behaviors that promote good health.

• Students will be able to define “health and “wellness” and identify examples of behaviors that promote good health.

Lesson Sequence:

Definitions:

• Health- a state of well-being

• Wellness- Health that is multidimensional (having many components) that encompasses many different aspects of one’s life. (to have total health in all dimensions- social, cultural, physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, life planning, environmental).

• What are risk factors and how might they contribute to poor health?

• Prezi Presentation- “Wellness and Risk Factors” (see separate clips as an Attachment)

(Students will be presented a Prezi presentation and take notes on how risk factors play a role in one’s personal wellness and recognize how choices may affect health both in positive and negative ways).

(Optional) : Healthedco- Lifestyle Diseases Suitcase (Students will become aware of various lifestyle diseases: cancer, heart disease, stroke, etc. through controllable and uncontrollable riskfactors in a 3-D model).

• Intelliboard- Powerpoint Presentation- “What is Wellness?” (review the various aspects of wellness)

• Wellness Profile (survey)-“Assessing Your Wellness”

All of us want optimal health. But many of us do not know how to achieve it. Taking this quiz, adapted from one created by the U.S. Public Health Service, is a good place to start. The behaviors covered in the test are recommended for most Americans. After you take the quiz, add up your score for each section.

Students will be given a health and wellness survey in which they must complete to determine their current level of wellness. Students will rate their wellness and discover target areas in which improvement may be needed.

Assessment Project: “Wellness Goals” Students will design a poster or collage that includes and describes one or more areas of wellness that they would personally like to improve in their own life. Students can use magazine clippings, drawings or google images, and words or phrases to describe which area of their own health needs improvement and the ways in which they would go about improving it.

Unit:Health Risk Factors/ Longevity

Lesson Title: Health Risk Factors/ Leading Cause of Death in U.S

Essential Question:

• What is the leading cause of death in the U.S? • What can we do to slow the process of aging and add years to our

lives?

Technology Integration (linked):

NJCCCS (linked):

Goals/Objectives:

• By examining the data sheet, students will be able to identify the leading cause of death in the United States and name some preventative measures.

• Students will be able to determine the 10 key factors to living a long life and delaying the onset of degenerative disease by processing data on longevity and death.

• Students will examine the fountain of youth assessment and discuss with the class how these habits help longevity and how not doing these things can hurt.Students will determine the 10 key factors and the number of deaths that they cause yearly . Then examine the data sheet answers and come up with some conclusions.

• Using what students have learned identify the 10 key factors to health and well being and list them on the fountain of youth sheet. Students can draw their own fountain of youth and white paper and list their own personal health goals to make it more specific to their age.

Lesson Sequence:

Longevity and Death

• Handout- “Leading Causes of Death Statistics Worksheet”/Question Worksheet

Distribute the handout to students and have them review the worksheet. It shows the average life expectancy for males and females, as well as the statistics regarding the various leading causes of death of Americans each year.

Students will use the Statistics worksheet as a guide to answer the questions in the “Leading Causes of Death” handout.

Students will be able to determine the 10 key factors to living a long life and delaying the onset of degenerative disease by processing data on longevity and death.

• You Tube videoclip- Dr. Oz on Living Longer

• Introduction to the fountain of youth:

People have talked for a long time about the fountain of youth that Ponce De Leon search for in America. He was looking for the water that would keep people young for a very long time. This was known as the fountain of youth. He never found the well, but you can find a fountain of youth by observing a particular lifestyle. We are going to study the key factors that determine health and longevity. Then to find the fountain of youth, you will pick out the 10 factors that are more important than others. Students will watch a short videoclip of Ponce De Leon’s life.

• Handout- “Fountain of Youth-Life Past 100” Students will answer questions about life expectancy and longevity.

• “Fountain of Youth-Total Assessment”

Students will examine the fountain of youth assessment and discuss with the class how these habits help longevity and how avoiding these things can hurt it.

• Fountain of Youth Poster Project:

Using what students have learned, they will create a poster using a photo of themselves and designing a poster which illustrates the 10 key factors in finding the fountain of youth. Students can use these factors but

personalize it to meet their own needs. These factors can help you look and feel great even into your older years. Is it worth the time and effort to develop habits conducive to living longer? That is a question you will have to ponder. Remember that having good habits will also improve your quality of life. You make the choice!

RUBRIC

MOUNT ARLINGTON SCHOOL SUSTAINABLE JERSEY ACTION PLAN

ACTION CATEGORY: Sustainable Health and Wellness Education

DESCRIPTION OF ACTION/PROJECT:

Students in 6th grade, at the beginning of the year, are introduced with a comprehensive lesson on the topics of “longevity” and “leading causes of death” in the United States. Students begin by determining the difference between “Health” and “Wellness” in the essential questions, followed by identifying what a risk factor is and how positive and negative risk factors can impact their lives. Students will gain awareness that “wellness” is health that is multidimensional and balanced in many areas of a person’s life (mental, emotional, physical, cultural, environmental, life planning, etc.). Students will recognize how choices may affect their lives in positive and negative ways.

Once the essential questions are addressed, students will work cooperatively through a series of pre-assessments in which they test their knowledge of the topic. Through these assessments, students are introduced to the following: the average age of life expectancy for both males and females and how that’s changed through the years; the leading causes of death in middle aged men and women in the U.S (including, teens and children) and how they differ; as well as what are risk factors, and how negative risk factors affect one’s health over the years. Students will make the connection and recognize the importance of how poor choices regarding their health now will impact their health in the future, and decrease their chance for longevity.

Students will be guided through a Prezi Presentation, as well as Powerpoint presentation on “Wellness and Risk Factors”. They will also have the opportunity to observe various videos on the topic.

Students will then discuss a little history (in drawing an analogy) and be introduced to an explorer named Ponce de Leon. People have talked for a long time about the fountain of youth that Ponce De Leon searched for in America. He was looking for the water that would keep people young and free of disease for a very long time. This was known as the fountain of youth. He never found the well, however, people can find a “fountain of youth” by observing a particular lifestyle.

Students will study the key factors that determine health and longevity and will pick out the several factors that will help improve their quality of life and increase their chances for longevity.

• Fountain of Youth Poster Project:

Using what students have learned, through the use of technology, will create a poster using a photo of themselves and design a collage which illustrates the several key factors in finding the fountain of youth. Students should personalize the factors they choose to meet their own needs. These factors in general can be applied to their daily lives and help them look and feel great even into their older years. Having good habits will improve an individual’s quality of life

STUDENT WORK EXAMPLES:

LONGEVITY & LEATH WELLNESS GOALS